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11. The operation of grafting- is very simple, merely requiring an incision to be 
made, and fitting in it a fresh cutting of another kind, rubbing a little clay over the 
wound to keep out the air. The union is soon effected, and the new branch grows 
freely. 
“ In the case of plants with succulent leaves it has been asserted, on authority, 
that the union is imperfect, from the adhesion being by the cellular substance only, 
no woody matter being transmitted to the stock. That this is quite erroneous, is 
shown by the instance of a C. truncatus grafted on a C. triangularis , in the king’s 
garden at Neuilly, as beautifully dissected and drawn by M. Turpin. A, is the C. 
truncatus ; B, C. triangularis ; a, the line of junction of the two individuals ; b, the 
cuticular membrane ; c, the cellular tissue of the bark; d , the fibrous and tubular 
tissue of the wood; e , the cellular tissue of the centre of the pith*.” 
* Rennie’s Alphabet of Gardening. 
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